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September 2009 Meeting (1 Oct)

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October tasting (Grand Crew & Tyrconnell finishes)

Postby PureDrop » Fri Jul 10, 2009 8:15 pm

Folks,
From Zoltan: i have also asked him for the grand crew tasting if he can give us 3 tyrconnell finishes, and he said no problem,

Wlell done. I'm happy to supply/bring in some Madeira, Sherry & Port for people to sniff at this tasting
I wonder can we find out which sherry (Olorosso, Manzanilla, Fino, PedroXiminez, DrySack, etx.), which Port House or which Madeira is used - I've a reasonable range of all three in the house.

I think its a good thing to be able to sniff the sources of the finishes. Anyone agree/disagree?

For this one too, we should probably do a PPT slideshow. Hopefully, there'll be something to see/show.

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Re: October tasting (Grand Crew & Tyrconnell finishes)

Postby jcskinner » Wed Jul 15, 2009 8:16 pm

Sounds fantastic, Michael. Looking forward to it.
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Re: October tasting (Grand Crew & Tyrconnell finishes)

Postby PureDrop » Thu Jul 16, 2009 12:09 am

I see Amazon have a 5th October publication date for the 2010 whiskey bible.
It would be nice to have a copy with Jim Murray's tasting notes on the 4 whiskeys (good or bad).
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Jim-Murrays-Whisky-Bible-2010/dp/0955472946
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Re: October tasting (Grand Crew & Tyrconnell finishes)

Postby JohnM » Thu Jul 16, 2009 7:12 am

I find that the fastest way to get this is usually through www.whiskybible.com. It seems to be always delayed on the Amazon website. Also, the Celtic Whiskey Shop tend to have it before it arrives at Amazon.
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October 1st Tasting (Grand Crew)

Postby TheWhiskeyBro » Fri Sep 11, 2009 2:53 pm

Hi everyone,

We have had to change the calendar to facilitate the Diageo Ireland v Scotland tasting on the 29.10.09.

That means we will be having the Grand Crew/Tyrconnell tasting on the 1.10.09

Watch this space for more info as it happens
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Re: September 2009 Meeting (1 Oct)

Postby PureDrop » Thu Sep 17, 2009 10:08 pm

The following are details on our planned tasting for October 1st:
Venue: Brookes Hotel, Drury St., Dublin 2
Time: 19:30

Tasting:

Tyrconnell Single Malt (no age statement, Cooley)
Locke's "Grand Crew" Single Malt, Single Cask No. 700, 9yo,
Locke's "Grand Crew" Single Malt, Single Cask No. 696, 9yo,
Tyrconnell 10yo Madeira Finish
Tyrconnell 10yo Sherry Finish
Tyrconnell 10yo Port Finish


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This is a chance to taste the first two casks selected by the society.
See thread hereand the Grand Crew website here.

With the three Tyrconnell finishes, we'll be able too to examine the impact of various finishing casks on the malt.
To help the process, we'll distribute some "nosing" samples of each of: Oloroso Sherry, Malmsey Madeira and LBV Port.

See you there.
NOTE: Any changes to the event (whiskies or timings) wil be indicated on this post - check back occasionally!
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Re: September 2009 Meeting (1 Oct)

Postby TheWhiskeyBro » Fri Sep 18, 2009 9:02 am

Excellent Michael sounds exciting, look forward to tasting the two new cask strength Grand Crew bottlings, well done
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Re: September 2009 Meeting (1 Oct)

Postby Luke Gough » Fri Sep 18, 2009 4:57 pm

Alas, I'll be in New York City at the time!

Have fun!
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Re: September 2009 Meeting (1 Oct)

Postby TheWhiskeyBro » Fri Sep 18, 2009 6:30 pm

Don't forget to pop into the Park Avenue Liquour Store, might still have their exclusive Magilligan bottling
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October 1st Grand Crew Tasting

Postby stephen leddy » Mon Sep 21, 2009 8:39 pm

Do we have everything organised for this event? My time has freed up and I can give a good dig out coming up to the event and on the night. I'll find out about my radisson connection tomorow and revert with an answer as to the possibility of moving the venue to the radisson city centre FOC.

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Re: October 1st Grand Crew Tasting

Postby PureDrop » Mon Sep 21, 2009 10:16 pm

Hello Stephen.
Details of the tasting are at http://forum.irishwhiskeysociety.com/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=264
It looks like all is in order at the moment.
It has been advertised to the IWAI list, requesting any intending attendees to let me know in advance if they''re hoping to attend.
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Re: October tasting (Grand Crew & Tyrconnell finishes)

Postby TheWhiskeyBro » Tue Sep 22, 2009 12:46 pm

Merging all threads on October 1st tasting.. please check before posting especially in relation to events
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Re: September 2009 Meeting (1 Oct)

Postby TheWhiskeyBro » Tue Sep 22, 2009 12:47 pm

Merging all postings on October 1st Meeting
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Re: September 2009 Meeting (1 Oct)

Postby PureDrop » Tue Sep 29, 2009 4:36 pm

Note that Bowes is NOT available - the committee are urgently seeking an alternative venue.
We'll forward a note to the mailing list and also here once we secure a venue.
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Re: September 2009 Meeting (1 Oct)

Postby DavidH » Wed Sep 30, 2009 3:46 pm

The new venue is Brooks Hotel on Drury Street.

Doors open at 7:30pm, as usual, but we'll get underway a little late (8:15pm) to allow for those who are redirected from Bowes.
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